Thought I Got BIG Silver

[deershed]

A little over a week ago before we started hitting our new Colonial site and all this cold weather moved in. We were hitting an old farmhouse yard. Depending where we were here some ground was good to dig and other spots frozen.
I found my last merc, a 1939 here this day. We were finding a few wheats when I got a good high silver hit.

I flipped a plug and this is what I saw laying in the bottom of the hole.

I called the kid over telling him I was done for the day thinking I had something really good.He thought I was just messing with him but, finally came over. He thought I had silver too when he saw it laying in the hole.

After pulling out my so called big silver, turned out to be an old coke top. I never saw one before but, says coke across the top? Wow....

 

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[Dug]

Robbed!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Ah.... looked so good in the dirt....

 

[pkb]

oh the humanity !

 

[dirtlooter]

gotta love it! the heart starts pounding, you feel confident and BAM! flat tire!

 

[Hondo]

That is so wrong, what a mind job. That had to feel like a kick in the teeth. At least you pulled the Merc, but bummer on the bottle cap.

 

[RelicMedic]

That would get the heart racing for sure!

 

[deershed]

gotta love it! the heart starts pounding, you feel confident and BAM! flat tire!

That's exactly how it was. Lol I've had other close calls like this one, this one though was 10 times more real. I thought for sure there was no way it couldn't be the real deal. Wrong....

 

[SusanMN]

So sad what we put ourselves through. Better luck next time.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Got a gold mardi gras dubloon.... had me going for a good minute

 

[UnderMiner]

At least you got the rush

 

[deershed]

UnderMiner- Yeah, no complaints there, it sure felt good for a couple minutes. Lol

 

[park pirate]

Hate that when that happens...

 

[Higgy]

At least you got the rush

Good one, UM! I'll bet you're a glass half-full kind of guy!

 

[cjon455]

Oh that's not fair! Looked convincing to me

 

[WHADIFIND]

I wonder how long? Before the boy starts calling you the Pop Top. LOL

 

[Trezurehunter]

Oh so close !

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Boy, that photo was misleading; ridges looked so good, but you are at a colonial site and greatness is waiting to be found!

 

[deershed]

I wonder how long? Before the boy starts calling you the Pop Top. LOL

He's still trying to catch me this year so far, it won't be soon. Lol

 

[WHADIFIND]

He's still trying to catch me this year so far, it won't be soon. Lol

THAT, won't stop him! It might encourage him to do it more. Every time you start to rub it in his face.